Ariel Winter Explains Why She Called Out Nash Grier on Twitter

She says he's someone "against the change."

Ariel Winter isn't one to take ignorance sitting down. In her new interview on The Talk, she elaborates on why she called out Vine star Nash Grier, arguing that he needs to be "a role model, not somebody against the change."

It all began when the Modern Family star called out Nash out on Twitter, adding to the hashtag #FaveNashVid with the comment "that one time when he was just super homophobic and ignorant?" She's referring to numerous accounts of Nash using derogatory language, and other instances of questionable reasoning, such as when he told his fans that women must shave their whole bodies. She argues that his messages are ignorant at best, and downright dangerous at worst. After all, he has quite a large fanbase, and this is not what you'd call role model behavior.

During her interview, she explained a little more about why she feels as strongly as she does: “I just find that it is so ridiculous that he has fans, because there are so many young people that look up to him. Young boys, young girls that love his Vines, love his work and stuff like that. It is so irresponsible and completely ignorant of him to be posting things that he knows nothing about…and hurtful things,” Ariel explained. “I’m not the type of person that’s able to sit and watch somebody that has so many fans just destroy people so much. His words really harm so many people and for me it’s so irresponsible to put things like that… For me, it makes no sense.”